KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
Mehraj Din, a youth from Rahmoo Pulwama, hit and injured by pellets being shifted to SMHS Hospital Srinagar on Oct 31, 2016. (KL Image: Bilal Bahadur)
A retired police officer on Monday was beaten black and blue while his residential house was damaged by forces when shortly after clashes Army personnel from 53 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) barged into houses and created havoc in Rahmoo area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
“Even though I informed Army men that I am a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy SP) and has also got Meritorious Presidential Medal, but they didn’t listen to me and went on rampage. They thrashed me and my children without any provocation. I am aghast. They treated a retired police officer like this what they will do to common people,” Ghulam Hasan Rather who retired as Dy SP told news agency CNS.
Rather suffered fracture in his left leg.
“The Army men thrashed whosoever came their way. They not only broke my leg but beat up my children also. They damaged my house and smashed the window panes of my two storey building,” he said adding that Army action “shocked” him.
Pertinently, clashes erupted in Rahmoo village after Army conducted search operation and removed banners and flags from the area.
At least thirteen persons were hit and injured by deadly pellets in Rahmoo today of whom three were shifted to Srinagar for advanced treatment. These include two girls who have been hit by pellets in face and eyes.
from Kashmir Life http://ift.tt/2dUUfmZ
via IFTTThttp://ift.tt/1iGhVXj
No comments:
Post a Comment